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- 17 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 17
transaction data from a Japanese bank's home loan application processing line. We find that over the course of a single day, specialization, as compared to variety, is related to improved worker productivity. However, when we examine workers' View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?
guide them through purchasing decisions were now on their own. Governments stepped in to fill this gap. Q: You use the consumer protection experiences in France and Germany as the basis for your book. Why those two countries? A: The... View Details
- 23 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Emerging Art of Negotiation
remarks of that nature. Crossing Cultures Negotiating across cultures is cited in the article as being "akin to a dance in which one person does a waltz and another a tango." So what can negotiators do to make the process a little more graceful? The group... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
capture important information seemingly ignored by the market. A long-short portfolio based on these legislators' views earns abnormal returns of over 90 basis points per month following the passage of legislation. Industries that we classify as beneficiaries of... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
experiment in India with 100 high-growth technology firms whose founders received in-person advice from other entrepreneurs who varied in their managerial style. We find that entrepreneurs who received advice from peers with an active... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
manage in a higher-ambition way. Book Excerpt From Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value Val Gooding's experience and approach to collective leadership is particularly instructive. Over the twelve years from... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders
Below, excerpts from an interview. Lagace: What is an example of an experiment you've conducted that looks at differences in how women and men negotiate? McGinn: One of the interesting first pieces of data we looked at was job offers to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 22
prosocial bonuses, a novel type of bonus spent on others rather than on oneself. In Experiment 1, we show that prosocial bonuses in the form of donations to charity lead to happier and more satisfied employees at an Australian bank. In... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Market Research in a Recession
supplier aggressively explore synergies across its various component agencies as well as eliminate research redundancies. Value experience and judgment. CMOs should tap the knowledge and intuitions of managers and researchers who've lived... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 24 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
Stimulus Surprise: Companies Retrench When Government Spends
congressional committees truly bring home the bacon to their states in the forms of earmark spending. Can you give a sense of how large this effect is? A: Sure. The average state experiences a 40 to 50 percent increase in earmark spending... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 12
Behavior and Human Decision Processes Abstract The present research investigated the dual role of cognition as either an enabler of moral reasoning or self-interested motivated reasoning for endorsing sweatshop labor. Experiment 1A showed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
Desktop Search and Revenue Streams
Yahoo is able to collect data, such as click patterns, from its users and use the information to individually "tune" searches to users' personal tendencies. Such product improvements, Horowitz said, will change the nature of search from a one-size-fits-all... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria
Nohria: The key moment really came when we clearly framed the question, "What basic mental drives do all humans have as members of the same species?" Once the question was sharply posed and carefully considered, drawing on our lifetime of View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”
experienced scientists, engineers, and managers from large organizations. These people take their knowledge and experience with them into the small company. Another thing they do is to work closely with universities and one or more of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jun 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
That Costs HOW Much?
they see the price before they see the product, or vice versa? Brain scans of shoppers tell the tale. Name Your Price. Really. Is it worthwhile for retailers to experiment with "pay what you want" pricing? Here is the surprising... View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
retailers. To survive in this environment, cost cutting—including the renegotiation of rental contracts—is of paramount importance, especially in the short term. But the real imperatives are: Finding ways to build advantage on attributes of the shopping View Details
- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
of votes a single shareholder could have to restrictions on the number of family members who could act as directors simultaneously," Musacchio says. We interviewed Musacchio about the research findings that underpin his new book, View Details
- 30 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music
Jackson pricing strategy is another example of labels trying to protect themselves from the losses associated with unbundling, and rethinking what a bundle is. I think we will see a lot of experiments with different formats. Q: Earlier... View Details
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
have those high days rather than a lot of middle days—that's why I didn't go back to corporate America." . . . One of the most ambitious current experiments in "knowing" and "being known" has taken shape recently... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
judge the long-term rather than short-term regrets of others, anticipate their own regret at the distant rather than near future, and reflect on their regret regarding an actual past decision that they made in the distant rather than recent past. The paper concludes... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace